An international team of scientists successfully drilled a nearly 2-mile-deep ice core, reaching the bedrock beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. These ice samples are expected to unveil, for the first ...

An investigation by The Insider publication has revealed a program whereby Russia’s military intelligence paid members of the Taliban to kill US soldiers. Host Carol Hills spoke with Christo Grozev, ...

Val Monroe is a former New York beauty editor who started spending part of each year in Tokyo after her six-year-old granddaughter was born there. Her motivation was simple: to be part of her ...

The world is on the threshold of failing to reach an important climate goal to stop the global temperature from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. It was the most ambitious climate goal in the ...

Many Ukrainians have fled to Moldova to escape the war in their country. The Moldovan government has made the process easier ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, whose nearly 12 years in office have been marked by economic collapse and political turmoil, was inaugurated for a third term in a ceremony in Caracas on Friday ...

Rising global temperatures are also raising worldwide concerns about wildfires like the ones surrounding Los Angeles this week. While the most common way to detect forest fires are visual — often the ...

A new report from the NGO Transparentem has linked businesses supplying companies including Zara-owner Inditex, H&M Group, Gap Inc. and Amazon to incidents of forced labor and debt bondage on Indian ...

The first tennis Grand Slam of the year kicks off this weekend as the world’s best players compete for the title at the Australian Open. But looming over the competition are doping concerns. Hosts ...

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Every year, in the Costa Rican village of Boruca, men dress in garish masks and costumes to reenact their ancestors' battle ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek talks about his experience with South Korea's so-called "love motels," short-term rental hotels primarily used by couples for intimate encounters. In a ...